(c) National Geographic Society
Painting
by
H.M.Herget
"I Was One That Produced Barley and Loved the Grain God"
Peasant-farmers of the Old Kingdom sow seed in the fields near El Giza within sight of the three great pyramids. TheNile
floods
have
receded,
leaving
the
fertile
soil
ready for the planting of the crops which made Egypt a prosperous land. (Vth Dynasty,
2560-242&
B.c.)